LIC5B-Site

Long Island Creek Site 5B Overview



**__Overview__**
Long Island Creek Site B is located in the Upper Chattahoochee watershed within the Long Island Creek sub-basin. Sites 5A and 5B are situated within a private property off of Jett Road in the city of Sandy Springs, Georgia. The neighboorhood surrounding the site is predominantly low-density residential. Monitoring of this area occurred every week in the month of June 2012 and during this time the weather was predominantly clear with some occasional rain. The bed of the stream is covered with small rocks, pebbles and sand and the water's appearance is clear. Site 5B is situated approximately 100 ft. upstream of site 5A.

**__Land Uses/Activities and Impervious Cover__**
As is the case with site 5A, assessment was carried out on the area adjacent to the water body and no evident signs of external land distubance were observed. Similarly, the right bank of 5B has recently undergone bank restoration to minimize the impact of erosion. However, the restored bank on site 5B has more exposed soil and obvious signs of erosion than 5A. Follow this link to see the land use for the entire Long Island Creek watershed.

**__General Waterbody and Watershed Characteristics__**
On July 3 2012, Group 5 conducted the Watershed Visual Survey of the surrounding area in search of pipes, dredges, dams, bridges, beaver dams, and vegetative buffer. Of these characteristics, 135 feet of rip rap and vegetative buffer is present throughout the entire reach of site 5B. The left bank of site B is covered by heavy ivy growth and consists of several trees with exposed roots. In general, sites 5A and 5B visually resemble one another though some variances were noted. The stream reach of site 5B is predominantly shaded, receiving less than 10% of sunlight. Moreover, a sewage pipe is located upstream of site B though not within its reach.

**__Additional Comments__**
On the last day of monitoring Long Island Creek 5A and 5B, on 3 July 2012, approximately ‍‍‍‍‍four dozen fish kills ‍‍‍‍‍ of various sizes were observed. The group thinks this could be due to the recent heat wave where temperatures above 100 degrees Farenheit were observed over the last few days. Moreover, lack of rainfall has decreased the water flow in this section of the creek. However, the group did not conduct any tests to prove this.

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